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Latest News from SOA & WOA MagazineenCopyright 2018 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.comSun, 18 Feb 2018 00:06:45 ESThttp://backend.userland.com/rss360I’m Not Scared of #DevOps | @DevOpsSummit #APM #CD #Docker #Monitoringhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2782237
DevOps is speeding towards the IT world like a freight train and the hype around it is deafening. There is no reason to be afraid of this change as it is the natural reaction to the agile movement that revolutionized development just a few years ago. By definition, DevOps is the natural alignment of IT performance to business profitability. The relevance of this has yet to be quantified but it has been suggested that the route to the CEO’s chair will come from the IT leaders that successfully make the transition to a DevOps model. If this still seems foreign to you, I recommend reading up on DevOps Blog from IT Revolution, the OpsCode Blog, and check out The Phoenix Project.
Despite all the talk around simple monitoring tools, breaking through the walls between Dev and Ops still poses a real challenge. This is because of a misunderstanding around Operations real purpose – extracting real value from its resources. According to Kevin Behr the definition of Operations is the act of harvesting value from IT resources. Anything that prevents this from happening is a detriment to the business. This means that firefighting and war room sessions are a hindrance to the DevOps model. The following screenshots are good examples of a war room scenario.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2782237" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 17 May 2017 09:45:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2782237http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2782237#feedbackSix Daily Tips for #DevOps | @DevOpsSummit #Docker #APM #Microserviceshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2903106
At its core DevOps is all about collaboration. The lines of communication must be opened and it takes some effort to ensure that they stay that way. It’s easy to pay lip service to trends and talk about implementing new methodologies, but without action, real benefits cannot be realized. Success requires planning, advocates empowered to effect change, and, of course, the right tooling.
To bring about a cultural shift it’s important to share challenges. In simple terms, ensuring that everyone knows what everyone else is doing can create a real team spirit and social cohesion that will drive DevOps forward. Here are six tips that can be implemented to help you get there.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2903106" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:30:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2903106http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2903106#feedbackThe #IoT and DNS | @ThingsExpo #BigData #IoT #M2M #DigitalTransformationhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2916033
When we talk about the impact of BYOD and BYOA and the Internet of Things, we often focus on the impact on data center architectures. That's because there will be an increasing need for authentication, for access control, for security, for application delivery as the number of potential endpoints (clients, devices, things) increases. That means scale in the data center.
What we gloss over, what we skip, is that before any of these "things" ever makes a request to access an application it had to execute a DNS query. Every. Single. Thing. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2916033" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2916033http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2916033#feedbackSOA or Microservices? | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #IoT #Docker #Microserviceshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296157
This is a no-hype, pragmatic post about why I think you should consider architecting your next project the way SOA and/or microservices suggest. No matter if it’s a greenfield approach or if you’re in dire need of refactoring. Please note: considering still keeps open the option of not taking that approach. After reading this, you will have a better idea about whether building multiple small components instead of a single, large component makes sense for your project.
This post assumes that you have experience with software architecture and services (you’ll find some words about my experience on the bottom of this post). I won’t go into the details of Wikipedia’s or Martin Fowler’s definitions per se. Much more I will talk about what microservices and/or SOA could and should do for your project.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296157" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 06:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296157http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296157#feedbackHow Service Virtualization Helped Vodafone NZ 'Shift Left'http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3923250
Increased competition in the telecom market required Vodafone to accelerate their release cadence—at the same time that growing system complexity was making it harder to test. Learn how service virtualization is helping them deliver top-quality applications faster by enabling earlier and more automated defect detection.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3923250" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:40:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3923250http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3923250#feedbackABCs of Service #Virtualization | @CloudExpo @Parasoft #SDS #DataCenterhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3912377
To achieve "quality @ speed", it's essential to have unrestrained access to a trustworthy and realistic test environment. It is important to recognize that a complete test environment includes the application under test (AUT) and all of its dependent components (e.g., APIs, 3rd-party services, databases, applications, and other endpoints).
Service virtualization is an emerging technology that provides DevTest teams access to a complete test environment by simulating the dependent components that are beyond your control, still evolving, or too complex to configure in a test lab. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3912377" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3912377http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3912377#feedbackBig Data and Politics: Influencing Both Sides of the Aislehttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2879865
Data has always had a place in politics. Politicians have relied on polls, voter interests and demographics for years. In 2008, the Obama campaign was recognized for its data-driven campaign, but it wasn’t until the 2012 election, when the tools became available, that big data was used to target voters and win a presidential election using methods that had never been used before.
Much like businesses, political parties have collected a lot of data over the years, but that data has been siloed into various categories: donations, website visits, social media comments. While each of these categories are useful, the ability to combine and analyze all of this data together creates new opportunities to target each individual voter, but until recently it was much too costly to do so. Now with the creation of Hadoop and Hadoop as a Service vendors, big data is being used by both parties to influence state and national elections alike.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2879865" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:15:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2879865http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2879865#feedbackShould Developers Deploy Directly to Production? http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3878478
Share your opinions on release management topics for voke research's new release management study.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3878478" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:39:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3878478http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3878478#feedbackDeploy and Destroy Complete Test Environmentshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3728130
Sick of others telling you when you can and can't test? Fight for your freedom to test on your own terms! Learn how service virtualization, containers, and cloud can help you spawn whatever complete test environment you want, at your beck and call.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3728130" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:44:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3728130http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3728130#feedbackFor Valentine's Day | @CloudExpo #DevOps #BigData #IoT #ML #Microserviceshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3675085
For Valentine's Day, here's a lighthearted look at the "relationship" between two complementary technologies: service virtualization and cloud dev/test labs.
Hey, I know it's been a while since we started being "a thing." When we met, everyone said you were just mocking, and that I wasn't real enough to make a living, with my head in the clouds. Yet, here we are, a few years later.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3675085" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:45:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3675085http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3675085#feedbackTop Reads of 2015 | @DevOpsSummit #ML #DevOps #Microserviceshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3620967
Explore the 10 most popular continuous testing resources of 2015, including Forrester and Gartner research, interviews, infographics, an ebook, and more.
With today's DevOps and "Continuous Everything" initiatives, teams need the ability to assess the risks associated with a release candidate-instantly and continuously. Maybe that's why 2015 seemed to be all about Continuous Testing, from conferences, to analyst research, to the blogosphere.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3620967" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 06:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3620967http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3620967#feedback7 Software Quality Stats Scarier than Halloween http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3525071
What’s scarier than all the ghouls, ghosts, and goblins you’re likely to confront this weekend? If you're in the software business, you'll probably end up with more nightmares from the following stats than from any Halloween horrors…<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3525071" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:41:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3525071http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3525071#feedbackFree Service Virtualization Certification Programhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3506036
Want hands-on experience with service virtualization—one of the most exciting new software testing technologies in years? Then don't miss this free Service Virtualization certification program led by Parasoft: the company who pioneered service virtualization in 2002.
After spending 2 hours with top Software Evangelist Arthur "Code Curmudgeon" Hicken, you'll have a core understanding of how your team can use service virtualization to test earlier, faster, and more completely. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3506036" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:50:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3506036http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3506036#feedbackContinuous Testing and Service Virtualization at StarWest 2015http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3490874
At StarWest 2015, Continuous Testing and Service Virtualization were the talk of the show (second only to the amazing Mickey-Mouse-themed goodies)! Although we can't virtualize those sweet treats, we did round up a set of resources that give you a taste of the show's hottest Continuous Testing and Service Virtualization discussions... <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3490874" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:45:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3490874http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3490874#feedbackContinuous Testing, Service Virtualization... and Beer Tasting | @DevOpsSummit #DevOpshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3432430
Parasoft's business partner Skytap recently invited Wayne Ariola (Parasoft Chief Strategy Officer) to be a guest on their DevHops podcast. With Skytap's Noel Wurst moderating, Wayne and Skytap's Jason English chatted about continuous testing, service virtualization, and how SDLC acceleration is impacting quality-all while sipping and reviewing three beers of their choice.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3432430" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:10:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3432430http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3432430#feedbackHow API Testing Helps the Netherlands | @DevOpsSummit #API #DevOpshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3345148
Learn how automated API testing helped the Dutch government build a robust and secure personal identification system on an extremely aggressive timeline. Through a combination of regression, functional and load testing, the organization reduced testing cycles from 3 weeks to just 1 day.
The Netherlands recently rolled out a new personal identification system, dubbed the Citizen Service Number (CSN), on a nationwide basis. The CSN is used by health care organizations, governmental entities and immigration officials to ensure proper identification and enable the provision of relevant services.
Considering the importance of this advanced system to the welfare and support of all citizens, the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was responsible for its roll out, focused on ensuring that the system's performance was exceedingly high. Fortunately, the ministry was able to meet its ambitious objectives within a demanding time frame.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3345148" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:48:46 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3345148http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3345148#feedbackContent Delivery Network with @VZCloud’s James Segil | @CloudExpo #Cloudhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3258609
"Verizon Digital Media Services is responsible for the broadcast, video and content delivery network that accelerates, scales and helps our customers reach end users with all kinds of video and web content," stated James Segil, CMO of Verizon Digital Media Services, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3258609" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3258609http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3258609#feedbackAPI Economy By @AkanaInc | @ThingsExpo #IoT #M2M #Microservices #InternetOfThingshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3264884
"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3264884" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 06:15:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3264884http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3264884#feedback‘Decisions on Streaming Data’ By @Databricks | @CloudExpo [#BigData]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3254797
Amazon, Google and Facebook are household names in part because of their mastery of Big Data. But what about organizations without billions of dollars to spend on Big Data tools - how can they extract value from their data?
In his session at 6th Big Data Expo®, Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Databricks, discussed how the zero management cost and scalability of the cloud is addressing the challenges and pain points that data engineers face when working with Big Data. He also shared how the growing demand for cloud-based Big Data workloads and frameworks is shaping the future of Big Data analysis.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3254797" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 31 May 2015 12:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3254797http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3254797#feedbackBuy @Oracle Database From @VZCloud and Save! | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3229150
In her General Session at 15th Cloud Expo, Anne Plese, Senior Consultant, Cloud Product Marketing, at Verizon Enterprise, focused on finding the right mix of renting vs. buying Oracle capacity to scale to meet business demands, and offer validated Oracle database TCO models for Oracle development and testing environments.
Anne Plese is a marketing and technology enthusiast/realist with over 19+ years in high tech. At Verizon Enterprise, she focuses on driving growth for the Verizon Cloud platform globally. Previous to Verizon, Anne spent over 10 years with Cisco. There she was focused on growing Cisco's global data center and cloud revenue, and boosting market awareness and affinity for Cisco data center solutions within the Enterprise and Commercial market segments.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3229150" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 30 May 2015 15:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3229150http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3229150#feedbackCloud Computing Playbook By @NaviSite | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3261508
In this scenarios approach Joe Thykattil, Technology Architect & Sales at TimeWarner / Navisite, presented examples that will allow business-savvy professionals to make informed decisions based on a sound business model. This model covered the technology options in detail as well as a financial analysis.
The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and ROI (Return on Investment) demonstrated how to start, develop and formulate a business case that will allow both small and large scale projects to achieve the goal of deciding to proceed with cloud computing options. Examples included leveraging virtualization and Cloud IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service).<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3261508" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 30 May 2015 06:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3261508http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3261508#feedbackThe Story Behind Big Decisions | @CloudExpo [#BigData]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3273291
Are your Big Data initiatives resulting in Big Impact or Big Mess?
In her session at Big Data Expo, Penelope Everall Gordon, Emerging Technology Strategist at 1Plug Corporation, shared her successes in improving Big Decision outcomes by building stories compelling to the target audience – and her failures when she lost sight of the plotline, distracted by the glitter of technology and the lure of buried insights. The cast of characters includes the agency head [city official? elected official??] perpetually waiting for the report from the latest exploratory committee and the division executive relying on gut instinct; and the epilogue offers guidelines that you can use to more effectively influence decisions and improve strategic decision outcomes.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3273291" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 30 May 2015 04:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3273291http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3273291#feedbackInternet of Things and ‘Time Series Data’ By @MapR | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3241868
The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp.
When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary.
In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data.
By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example to explain some of these concepts including when to use different storage models.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3241868" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3241868http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3241868#feedbackYour Big Data Investments By @Concurrent | @CloudExpo [#BigData]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3257012
As enterprises engage with Big Data technologies to develop applications needed to meet operational demands, new computation fabrics are continually being introduced. To leverage these new innovations, organizations are sacrificing market opportunities to gain expertise in learning new systems.
In his session at Big Data Expo, Supreet Oberoi, Vice President of Field Engineering at Concurrent, Inc., discussed how to leverage existing infrastructure and investments and future-proof them against emerging technologies with Cascading. Cascading is the widely used application development framework for building data-centric applications, allowing developers to easily build enterprise-grade applications on emerging fabrics like Tez and Spark with existing skill sets. Cascading's community also supports an ecosystem capable of connecting existing infrastructure with new investments.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3257012" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 29 May 2015 03:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3257012http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3257012#feedbackTrim Your IT "Waste" to Accelerate SDLC Velocity | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318136
Best practices for helping DevOps and Test collaborate in ways that make your SDLC leaner and more scalable.
The business demand for "more innovative software, faster" is driving a surge of interest in DevOps, Agile and Lean software development practices. However, today's testing processes are typically bogged down by weighty burdens such as the difficulty of 1) accessing complete Dev/Test environments; 2) acquiring complete, sanitized test data; and 3) configuring the behavior of the environment to enable complete test coverage.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318136" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 25 May 2015 01:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318136http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318136#feedbackSun Augments JBI SOA Partnershipshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/377882
'Xcalia has made a welcome addition to the Sun JBI program, as the company has demonstrated its commitment and leadership in industry with wide initiatives such as the Java Data Objects standards (JDO), Java Component Architecture (JCA), Java Persistence API (JPA), Service Data Objects (SDO),' said Dale Ferrario, vice president of SOA Business Integration, Sun Microsystems.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/377882" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 18 May 2015 11:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/377882http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/377882#feedbackIoT Becomes Internet of Agents | @ThingsExpo [#IoT #M2M #API]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2880396
In my last blog, I discussed how the Internet of Things is really developing into what can more accurately be called the Internet of Agents. These connections and multi-agent systems are resulting in an increasing number of highly applicable, value-added bundled and branded services. The latest Gartner forecast for Internet of Things predicts that by 2020 there will be $309 billion in incremental revenue opportunity for IoT suppliers, mostly in services.
The Internet brings us 21st century online versions of other traditional services: agents that can deliver cars as a service, clothes as a service and takeaway food as a service. The Internet of Agents tells you where you can catch a bus for wherever you want to go, and how long it will be before the bus arrives at your stop. It also tells you which local hardware store stocks the product you’re looking for. If you choose, you can track “things” that belong to you. You can track your car or your laptop or your mobile device if it goes missing. Your children, your pets, your significant other (yes, people are now “things” too). You know where a package in transit is and when it’s scheduled to be delivered to your doorstep. All of these agent-driven services bring together traditional people-based services, connectedness, location awareness and physical devices or tools.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2880396" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 17 May 2015 17:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2880396http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2880396#feedbackWe Are Akana By @AkanaInc | @CloudExpo [#API #Cloud #Microservices]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3310054
One of the best things about working here is the collaborative nature of our team. We throw around ideas, critique each other’s suggestions, and ultimately arrive at some pretty smart decisions through a combination of talking, illustrating, venting, analysis, logic, and insane amount of passion and conviction. And yes, there’s a lot of caffeine fueling all of that.
This style of working – thoughtful, insightful, respectful – has given us the freedom and courage to make important changes to our products and in the technology we believe in. By the same token, we have wonderful customers who work in partnership with us to help us understand how their markets are evolving and allow us to serve them better through our innovative technology. Our ability to engage, react and predict has served us incredibly well.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3310054" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 15 May 2015 10:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3310054http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3310054#feedbackMonetizing Machine-to-Machine #M2M | @ThingsExpo [#IoT #BigData #API]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2799913
There is a burst of creative ideas emerging in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) space or what has become more affectionately known as the Internet-of-things world. With so many opportunities around the globe to connect devices and assets, many companies are starting to stake out claims in the M2M space. However, while much of the attention has been focused on the machine part of the equation, people are the ultimate stakeholders. After all, it is the individual who will benefit and have the power to act on the information through smart apps. Some of the most promising opportunities are in the automobile, smart metering, eHealth, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and home security industries, but many more examples are emerging.
In many of these cases actual deployment is still minimal, but the potential is there for creative and exciting large-scale implementations, some of which may even start locally and grow into global solutions. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2799913" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Thu, 14 May 2015 17:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2799913http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2799913#feedbackIBM Launches New Ad Campaigns at @CloudExpo Online [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3304909
SYS-CON Media announced that IBM, which offers the world’s deepest portfolio of technologies and expertise that are transforming the future of work, has launched ad campaigns on SYS-CON’s numerous online magazines such as Cloud Computing Journal, Virtualization Journal, SOA World Magazine, and IoT Journal.
IBM’s campaigns focus on vendors in the technology marketplace, the future of testing, Big Data and analytics, and mobile platforms.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3304909" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 13 May 2015 09:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3304909http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3304909#feedbackTop API Testing, Test Automation Tools of 2015 By @Parasoft | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3330035
The new Forrester Research report on Functional Test Automation Tools* emphasizes that API testing is a critical component for modern application delivery: "In order to support continuous quality and faster development, especially for those on an Agile and DevOps journey, testing must shift from a UI-only approach to a UI-and-API approach."
Parasoft was named a Leader this report. Forrester Research gave Parasoft the highest score among all vendors in the Current Offering category, and stated that "Agile project management (PM) and test management tools make [Parasoft's] solution stand out."<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3330035" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 04 May 2015 16:20:59 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3330035http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3330035#feedbackSOA Software Is Now @AkanaInc | @CloudExpo [#Cloud #DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3309956
SOA Software has changed its name to Akana. With roots in Web Services and SOA Governance, Akana has established itself as a leader in API Management and is expanding into cloud integration as an alternative to the traditional heavyweight enterprise service bus (ESB). The company recently announced that it achieved more than 90% year-over-year growth. As Akana, the company now addresses the evolution and diversification of SOA, unifying security, management, and DevOps across SOA, APIs, microservices, and more.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3309956" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 02 May 2015 09:15:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3309956http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3309956#feedbackThe New York Times to Exhibit at @CloudExpo New York [#Cloud #IoT]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3294737
SYS-CON Events announced today that On the Avenue Marketing Group, a sales and marketing firm that utilizes events to market and sell products to consumers, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
On the Avenue Marketing Group (OTA) is a sales and marketing firm that utilizes events to market and sell products to consumers. On behalf of our clients, we attend thousands of fairs, festivals, expos, concerts, conferences, and sporting events annually, helping them reach millions of individuals nationwide. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3294737" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 06:30:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3294737http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3294737#feedbackHow to Ease API Testing Constraints | @DevOpsSummit [#API #DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318137
Learn the top API testing issues that organizations encounter and how automation plus a DevOps team approach can address these top API testing challenges.
Ensuring API integrity is difficult in today's complex application cloud, on-premises and hybrid environment scenarios. In this interview with TechTarget, Parasoft solution architect manager Spencer Debrosse shares his experiences about the top API testing issues that organizations encounter and how automation and a DevOps team approach can address them.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318137" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 10:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318137http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3318137#feedbackReports? Docx the Solutionhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311903
You can create report templates in docx format with a simple word processor and through 4WS.Platform automate the report generation.
Reports creation is a common problem to face with, when developing web applications. When designing a report, usually a tool is needed to define the report content and the usage of such tools is not always easy and intuitive. Consequently, specific skills and expertise are required in order to use these products.
The same problem arose also with a Rapid Application Development tool like 4WS.Platform, a product designed specifically to speed up and make it easier the creation of web and mobile applications, having an high level of customization and allowing the creation of applications to users having basic skills.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311903" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:29:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311903http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311903#feedbackCisco to Present "Data Governance" at @CloudExpo New York @CiscoCloud [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3268982
Cloud data governance was previously an avoided function when cloud deployments were relatively small. With the rapid adoption in public cloud – both rogue and sanctioned, it’s not uncommon to find regulated data dumped into public cloud and unprotected. This is why enterprises and cloud providers alike need to embrace a cloud data governance function and map policies, processes and technology controls accordingly.
In her session at 16th Cloud Expo, Evelyn de Souza, Data Privacy and Compliance Strategy Leader at Cisco Systems, will focus on how to set up a cloud data governance program and spans setting up an executive board to ensuring the availability, integrity, security and privacy of cloud data through its lifecycle.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3268982" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3268982http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3268982#feedbackMobility, IoT & Digital Transformation By @KRBenedict | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311115
In this short video I summarized what I have learned about technologies and the latest trends over the past few weeks.
I just circumnavigated the globe over a two week period. I have never done that before. I learned about mobile solutions, digital transformation, IoT, big data, Indian culture, the British Empire, English East Indies Company, Barcelona history and many other interesting subjects on this trip. In this short video I summarized what I have learned about technologies and the latest trends over the past few weeks. Enjoy!<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311115" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:22:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311115http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3311115#feedbackRoberto Medrano's API and Internet of Things Blog | @ThingsExpo @SOASoftwareInc [#API #IoT]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3305157
Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, had reached 30,000 page views on his home page - <a href="http://RobertoMedrano.SYS-CON.com/" title="http://RobertoMedrano.SYS-CON.com/">http://RobertoMedrano.SYS-CON.com/</a> - on the SYS-CON family of online magazines, which includes Cloud Computing Journal, Internet of Things Journal, Big Data Journal, and SOA World Magazine. He is a recognized executive in the information technology fields of SOA, internet security, governance, and compliance. He has extensive experience with both start-ups and large companies, having been involved at the beginning of four IT industries: EDA, Open Systems, Computer Security and now SOA.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3305157" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3305157http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3305157#feedbackBook Review: Swift in 24 Hourshttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3307001
This book has Beginning to Intermediate on the back cover. I would recommend you put that into the context of learning Swift, not learning Object-Oriented Programming. The book does an excellent job of covering the Swift language in detail and it jumps right in after a short introduction to the available development environments - Xcode, playgrounds, and REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop). REPL is kind of a command line version of playgrounds running in terminal.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3307001" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:55:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3307001http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3307001#feedbackNew Rules of Digital Engagement By @MLeray24 | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296496
Good food is not the most important attribute for a restaurant. Cleanliness is. It doesn’t matter how great your dishes are – if patrons catch even a glimpse of a roach, they won’t stick around to sample your cooking.
The same principle applies to your company’s digital experience. You may have great products at a great price. But if customers have a bad experience with your digital channels, they won’t buy from you. In fact, studies show that 73-82% of customers abandon intended purchases because of a poor online experience.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296496" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296496http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296496#feedbackPrivate vs Public Cloud with Erik Levitt of @OpenDataCenters | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3112599
“We just completed the roll out of our first public and private cloud offerings, which are a combination of public, hybrid, and private cloud,” stated Erik Levitt, CEO of Open Data Centers, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 14th International Cloud Expo®, held June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City.
Cloud Expo® 2014 Silicon Valley, November 4–6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3112599" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3112599http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3112599#feedbackMicroservices and SOA By @Ruxit | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296159
With “microSOAvices” environments, it seems like everything is different—software development methodologies, continuous deployments, and more. Another difference—one that’s often overlooked—is the importance of application performance monitoring in microSOAvices . This blog post explains how APM with ruxit fits into the overall microSOAvices picture (spoiler alert: it’s all about zero-administration).<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296159" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296159http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296159#feedbackSOA Architecture: Enabler of the Digital World By @TheEbizWizard | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296101
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an approach for abstracting enterprise software capabilities as reusable services in order to support more flexible business processes and ideally, more agile organizations. SOA was one of the hottest topics in information technology (IT) back offices and enterprise vendor marketing departments for a number of years back in the 2000s.
However, in retrospect the original promise of SOA was largely unrealized at that time. Vendors used the approach to sell middleware, which led to expensive and difficult implementations. The architectural focus on improving IT and organizational governance in order to achieve greater levels of business agility was largely subsumed into the technical minutiae of enterprise integration.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296101" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296101http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3296101#feedbackThe Proxy Is the App By @LMacVittie | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297854
Microservices, for the uninitiated, are essentially the decomposition of applications into multiple services. This decomposition is often based on functional lines, with related functions being grouped together into a service. While this may sound a like SOA, it really isn't, especially given that SOA was an object-centered methodology that focused on creating services around "nouns" like customer and product. Microservices, while certainly capable of being noun-based, are just as likely to be verb-based, that is to say, based on a functional grouping like "login" or "checkout." SOA was essentially an extension of object-oriented design while microservices are more about decomposition for purposes of rapid (agile) development with the bonus of having significant scalability advantages over object-oriented architectures. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297854" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297854http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297854#feedbackWhy Leading Companies Love Service Virtualizationhttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297708
Read some great stories about why leading organizations across financial, retail, communications, utilities, travel, insurance, and other industries fell in love with service virtualization...
Why leading organizations across financial, retail, communications, utilities, travel, insurance, and other industries fell in love with service virtualization...
There are a lot of things to love about service virtualization. Just consider a few of the many exciting findings from voke's recently-released service virtualization research.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297708" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:34:38 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297708http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3297708#feedback Working with Project Management Software – Who Is Managing Who?http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2739532
Managing projects is not an easy job and in most cases the manager would greatly benefit from the use of a dedicated software. Starting from this necessity project management tools were created. But the main problem is if these tools are a real help for those that are using them or it is just a loss of time.
It is a well-known fact that computers became a necessity in our lives by simplifying our work. Increased computational speed, huge memory and lack of fatigue are the main reasons why computers have so much success. Let’s admit it: in certain aspects robots are better that humans. So why not use them for such purposes? It is obtained an increased execution speed and accuracy. But all these come with one cost: time. Someone has to lose some time to teach computers how to do the job right.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2739532" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2739532http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/2739532#feedbackThe Call for the Developer Hero By @Bonitasoft | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287517
What is a hero? Well, to me, it’s someone who takes the right action when it’s needed and steps up to save the day.
Are there heroes in the workplace? People whose actions save the day? People who commit great acts of organizational excellence? I would say that there are. And more, I believe that workplace heroes often suddenly appear when the right signal goes out.
Software developers can be heroes. They alone have the power to create vital business solutions that the rest of the organization needs to succeed. Business leaders can dictate policy and call for changes to be made, but it’s the developers who have the skills to create the applications that can really make a difference.<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287517" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287517http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287517#feedbackCDB Software To Be Acquired By @BMCSoftware | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287614
BMC Software plans to acquire assets of CDB Software, Inc., a mainframe data management company that has developed utilities for managing IBM DB2 databases with virtually no outage. Focusing on the availability of mission-critical applications is strategic for BMC as it continues to help its customers transform IT into a competitive advantage for their business.
CDB's technology complements BMC's existing mainframe data management portfolio, which includes software utilities for DB2 administration, maintenance, application tuning, and backup/recovery. The integrated BMC portfolio will give DB2 customers an advantage as they manage ever-larger DB2 objects and real-time transaction volumes in a digital 24x7 world. <p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287614" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287614http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3287614#feedback‘Managing Recurring Revenue’ By @AriaSystemsInc | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3249946
Recurring revenue models are great for driving new business in every market sector, but they are complex and need to be effectively managed to maximize profits. How you handle the range of options for pricing, co-terming and proration will ultimately determine the fate of your bottom line.
In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Brendan O'Brien, Co-founder at Aria Systems, session examined:
How time impacts recurring revenue
How to effectively handle customer plan changes
The range of pricing and packaging options to consider<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3249946" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3249946http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3249946#feedbackFriends Don't Let Friends Dig Through Data By @TrevParsons [#DevOps]http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3283234
Log data provides the most granular view into what is happening across your systems, applications, and end users. Logs can show you where the issues are in real-time, and provide a historical trending view over time. Logs give you the whole picture.
Traditionally log management and analytics has not been easy. We talk to customers who have spent hours digging through logs, writing complex search queries, and waiting...and waiting... for results to populate.
<p><a href="http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3283234" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:00:00 ESThttp://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3283234http://soa.ulitzer.com/node/3283234#feedback